How to Figure square yards of Concrete

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From driveways to roads, concrete is used in a variety of home improvement projects.
You can figure square yards of concrete needed for your project easily.
Concrete can be stained in a variety of colors and can be stamped or polished.
New home construction with durable, stained and polished concrete floors are easy to maintain.
Whether your home improvement project is a driveway, patio, walkway or parking pad, you can figure square yards of concrete needed with a few simple steps.
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Things You'll Need

• Measuring tape
• Paper
• Pen
• Calculator

Instructions

1. 

   Decide if your concrete home improvement will be stamped and or stained
   Choose stamp pattern
   Choose stain color
   Measure the width X length to get square footage

2. 

   Figure square yards of concrete 4 inches deep
   Divide the square footage by 80
   This will cover 80 square foot, 4 inches thick
   This formula gives yards of concrete needed
   For 4 inch thickness of concrete will cover 80 square feet
   Example: Patio is 24 by 40 feet
   40X24=960÷80= 12 yards.
   This will cover 960 square feet with 4 inches of concrete.

3. Figure square yards of concrete 6 inches deep
   Use 54 to divide square footage for 6 inch deep concrete
   Example:
   Patio is 24 by 40 feet
   4024=960÷54=17.78 yards of concrete
   This will cover 960 square feet with 6 inches of concrete.

4. Figure sqare yards of concrete 12 inches deep
   Use 27 to divide square footage for 6 inch deep concrete
   Example:
   Patio is 24 by 40 feet
   4024=960÷27=35.56 yards of concrete
   This will cover 960 square feet with 12 inches of concrete.

Tips & Warnings

• Get more than one estimate